Is there a reason the Proust answer doesn't need to follow the format "____ of the ____", as the quiz title would suggest? Seems like a strange addition, since the rest conform so neatly.
No matter how poorly guessed that one about helping the king use the potty is, it absolutely MUST stay in this quiz. Amazing/hilarious stuff. (FWIW, I tried "wiper")
Could you accept Meduse, as this was the actual ship’s name?
If you make any more of these, may I politely suggest:
Bonfire of the Vanities
Fall of the Berlin Wall
Invention of the Printing Press
Discovery of the Americas
And my personal favourite, the Byzantine Emperor Nikephoros Phokas, AKA Pale Death of the Saracens.